Bow Street Runner, Sebastien Wolf, isn’t a believer in love. Enter Anya a Russian Princess in hiding. The chemistry between them soon ignites.

This romance has the elements of danger, suspense, laughter and is emotional.

I received an advance reader copy from the publisher. All options are my own.

This is the third book in the series and although I enjoyed it, it wasn’t my favorite. I still loved the way the characters are written and the storyline was lovely. For me, I missed all the action and adventure the last few books of hers I have read had in them. This was a lovely romantic story and still well worth reading. There were a couple of sex scenes which this reviewer skipped as usual and it didn’t affect my enjoyment of the book. I received this as an ARC and freely give my review.

Title: The Princess and the Rogue by Kate Bateman
Series: Bow Street Bachelors book 3

5 Stars - I devoured this book! Bateman's writing is fantastic. Sebastien is the reluctant rogue who of course never wants to marry, but he's met his match with Anya. Their chemistry was rich and wonderful. The characters were fully developed and I enjoyed watching them fall in love so much. All the extra bits, traditions and superstitions that were woven into the story, just makes it that much more enjoyable! It was heartfelt, funny and sweet.

This series was great, I believe I gave all three books five stars. I can't wait to look at her backlist, and will definitely keep an eye out for anything of hers in the future!

*ARC provided by Netgalley in exchange for an honest review*

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This is the third book in the series and it didn’t disappoint, Sebastian and Anya were made for each other and the journey to get there was riveting really couldn’t put it down and yes read it in one sitting , it was intriguing, funny and loving. Can’t wait for more books from Kate Bateman if they are as good as this series.

4.5 stars

Another enjoyable story in the Bow Street Bastards series. Our heroine is fleeing the villain and ends up as a companion and living in Covent garden. The hero, one of the owners of a gambling club, sees her when she is visiting a local brothel to teach some of the ladies to read. He doesn't know this and assumes she's working there. The romance built up nicely with some misunderstandings and the jeopardy of the villain getting closer. I liked the surpise in the rescue, that was neatly done.

I think you will enjoy this book and I heartily recommend it. I wonder if this is the end of the series?

I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own

So I finally got around to reading The Princess and the Rogue by Kate Bateman, whom I truly love as an author. Enjoying this series and it was a delight to read the story of Sebastien and Anastasia and how their attraction moved to the characters falling in love.

I believe this is the third story in the series and as always, Ms. Bateman provided adventure, twists and also a bit of humor that kept this reader smiling. An enjoyable read with a bit of opposite's attraction and intimacy that makes for a good read.

Thank you Netgalley and St. Martin's Press for this ARC in exchange for my fair and honest review. Opinions and thoughts expressed in this review are completely my own.

What a good story this was! Anya and Sebastien are good together, though there were times he was a bit conceited and it bordered on annoying for me. I sometimes felt she deserved better, but overall I think they were a good pair. We also had quite a surprise at the end with a major twist.

My thanks to NetGalley and St. Martin's Press for the pleasure of reading and reviewing The Princess and the Rogue by Kate Bateman.

It was fun to follow the unraveling of Sebastien Wolff's carefully constructed world as he finally falls in love. This third installment of Kate Bateman's The Bow Street Bachelors series has adventure, many twists, a lovely romance and even humor to keep the reader interested. I do have an issue with the romanticizing of a brothel and the explicit sexual descriptions (which I skip over in order to enjoy the book). If one can set those issues aside 'The Princess and the Rogue' is an engaging story with lots to offer.

I received a complimentary copy of this book from the publisher via NetGalley. The opinions expressed in this review are entirely my own.

This is a great read!! The author has a knack for writing in a way that has her characters come alive and a storyline that will hold your interest for hours. Anya is in hiding in London from a man who means her harm and who better to protect her than a big bad Wolfe.

This story will have turn the pages with both characters that play off one another splendidly. Wolfe will do everything he has to protect manga from her enemy but who will protect the Wolfe from Anya and that dreaded four letter word LOVE.

I received this book from Netgalley for an honest review.

The Princess and the Rogue was an engaging read. I finished it in less than two days.

Pros:
Adding in the angle of the brothel was a nice touch and made it more fun.
The plot was entertaining and complex; it didn't feel like it was stitched together just to get from sex scene to sex scene. There's a twist you probably won't see coming.
Gorgeous cover photo except the hero's hair looks like my prom date's.

Cons:
For a princess, Anya didn't feel like that strong a character. She couldn't fend off advances from a man, and as near as I could tell her primary skills were riding a horse and tipping her chin haughtily which she did often. She also turned into a puddle of blush from the moment Sebastian first looked at her. Where are the heroines that make the heroes work to get them??

Not really a pro or con, just an observation that the villain was pretty stereotypical which is to be expected in romance novels. I also would have liked to see the dowager's character fleshed out a bit more, she was really fun.

Sex scenes: 2 (no opinion on heat factor, I skimmed them)

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When her only surviving relative, her beloved brother is reported to have been killed in battle, Princess Anastasia finds herself in an untenable position with an obnoxious and persistent suitor forcing her into marriage for her position and wealth. The spunky princess 'Anya' manages to extricate herself with help from her best friend (who bashes the nasty Count Petrov on the head), fakes her own death and escapes to England incognito.
Living as commoners, Anya finds works as companion to a Dowager Duchess with a reputation of a harridan, but instead finds a crusty lady who appreciates intelligence and character.
An entertaining read with 2 interesting characters in Anya & Wolff - who is the Dowager's grandson. Their 1st meeting is in a brothel where Anya spends time teaching the 'ladies' reading and writing. With a well deserved reputation as a rake and a rogue, wickedly handsome and well built, the courtesans all clamour to be the one he chooses, but the instant Wolff catches sight of Anya, he only wants her & goes as far as to offer 500 pounds for her (ahem) time! Poor man thereafter is, to his utter mortification (being mercilessly teased by his 2 happily married best buds) uninterested in any other woman.
Anya is a wonderful combination of regal, down to earth, innocent yet not naive and the best of course is her intelligence.
Looking forward to the next book.

This book was fun! In some ways, Sebastian and Anya are opposites, yet they find themselves growing close. Sebastian goes into the relationship with certain beliefs about Anya, and because she's in hiding, she doesn't bother to correct him. Sometimes, she actively deceives him. This isn't always helpful down the line, but I'd say the ends justify the means. Russian royals pop up time to time in historical romance and I always enjoy it when they do. I recommend checking out the book if you've enjoyed the previous ones or if the occasional foreign royalty is your cup of tea!

Such a great story. A Princess, and a handsome gambling den owner what could possibly happen. While I have loved all books from this series this one is my favorite . I love the banter between the characters, the chemistry and a hint of danger. Thank you Netgalley for this opportunity.

Author Kate Bateman has quickly become one of my most favorite Regency romance authors. Her stories are well written, intelligent, and engaging. As with The Princess and the Rogue, I had to finish the book in one sitting just because the story flows so smoothly and eloquently. Unlike some of the other romance authors who can write prose that are too flowery or stiff, Kate Bateman has a way of drawing you into her stories immediately but in a very easy going manner. You feel like you're back in the Regency era quite easily.

The Princess and the Rogue is book three in the Bow Street Bachelors series. This story involves Sebastien Wolfe, a wealthy, powerful, and cocky high society Earl. However, only his title speaks of his noble blood for he is considered a "rogue" due to him not wanting to be tied down to any one woman. Having been jilted in the past, he likes to live his life carefree and doing whatever he desires. As an owner of a gambling "hell" and a Bow Street Runner (sort of like a private police in England), he lives his life dangerously and without regrets. That is, until he inadvertently meets "Anna Brown", a beautiful and mysterious young lady who he had to rescue.

Oh, and do sparks fly immediately between Anna Brown and Seb! They have a rather love-hate relationship which teeters dangerously between a forbidden love. Seb is unaware of Anna's true heritage for all he knows is that she's the companion to her aunt, the Dowager Duchess of Winwick. When her aunt calls upon her nephew, Seb to protect Anna due to some clever misinformation, Seb has no choice but to help his favorite aunt.

Throughout the entire story, we see the comical and endearing interactions between Anna and Seb. Between Seb and his best buddies, Alex and Benedict (from the other 2 books in the series). And between Anna and an assortment of characters - both friends and foe. My favorite interactions, aside from Anna and Seb, are the ones between Anna and her best friend Elizaveta. Elizaveta, like a true longtime friend is loyal to a fault and will do anything to protect Anna.

So, if you read the synopsis of the story, you will already know that Anna Brown is actually the "lost" princess of Russia, Princess Anastasia Denisova, who is the cousin to the current Tsar of Russia. She is on the run from a ruthless fellow countryman who wants to marry her to prevent her from spilling his deepest and darkest secret. Things seem to go well enough for Ana and Elizaveta as they hide in the lesser known areas of London, until her past catches up to her and leaves her unsure of whether the protection from Seb is enough. Determined to take matters into her own hands, Ana runs into a series of trouble and danger.

I won't go into too much detail about the story because a lot of incidences happen as well as the endearing relationship that slowly blossoms between Ana and Sebestian. You see how they slowly yet surely fall for each other yet neither one of them wants to admit to it. Through misunderstandings and miscommunications which of course, makes the story even more fun and infuriating - Ana and Seb are pulled apart and drawn back together until the end of the story where they are forced to confront their true feelings for each other.

I really liked Ana's character. She is sweet and innocent and kind. Yet she is fiercely independent, loyal, and intelligent. Her noble attitude and dialogue is clearly an enigma to Seb before he found out she was true royalty. There are lots of bickering and banter between these two main characters and your heart can't help but break a little each time there is a misunderstanding between them. Seb is also a fun character to read and while the other 2 books in the series were about the friends, I was hoping Kate Bateman would write a story about Seb. He is the epitome of aloof and daring and it was a joy to read his soft side slowly coming out for Ana.

I'm sad that this is the last of the series but I am so happy for Seb as well! Maybe the author will write a story about Ana's brother - Dmitri? There are some recurring characters from the previous books and a few supporting characters that you'll immediately become attached to as well. This story is full of action and intrigue. Heart and laughter. You will come to love the main and supporting characters.

Thank you, Ms. Kate for another thrilling and endearing story of the Bow Street Bachelors!

This book is the perfect ending for a perfect historical romance series.
There's an independent heroine who just so happens to be a runaway Russian princess in hiding, Anya Denisova, who happens to be saved from an attempted kidnapping by the last remaining Bow Street Bachelor, Sebastien Wolff, Earl of Mowbray. Of course, Wolff doesn't know she's a princess and she's not telling him, but circumstances force them together and they can't deny the chemistry and the emotions that come with it.
There's the incredible chemistry, romantic interludes, and intriguing action of the previous volumes with an entirely new twist that lets new readers enjoy this as a one-of, but returning readers delight in seeing the previous couples live happily ever after.
Truly a worthy successor to the two previous volumes I so loved. Bateman has closed the romantic adventures of the Bow Street Bachelors with a gloriously romantic flourish.

Many happy thanks to NetGalley and St. Martin's Press for this wonderfully romantic read.

Another excellent, very well written Bow Street adventure. This series just gets better, this my new favorite and maintains the captivation and exhilaration of the stern, stubborn and protective bachelors. Both characters are very like-able and I enjoyed their antics. The Princess is very clever, resilient, independent, determined and resourceful which also describes the Rogue he's just more experienced. Their emotion is so explosive that it jumps off the pages, embraces and leaves you with a big smile of happiness. All of the supporting characters are hilarious and the traditions are.... informative. From beginning to end, I was enthralled.

From the first page I was immersed in the story as if I was Anya! And I know I'm not a princess...but I don't know. The way Wolff saw Anya for the first time sent sizzles down my arms, the same way I saw my first love for the first time. And even though my time didn't go any further than a look, I could imagine what it would have been like. I felt like Wolff was my first love...and yes I was Anya. It was good. I loved it until after the sex.....It was still interesting to read, but we knew they both loved each other even though they never said it. The ending was still very good. But predictable. I didn't really get too invested in the characters from the previous books, Brown didn't really invest anything in them in this book so I'm not inclined to read the previous two. But I did enjoy reading the final book in the series. But it wasn't really memorable.

Kate Bateman gives us a perfectly delightful recency romance in The Princess and and the Rogue, book 3 in The Bow Street Bachelors series.

To escape forced marriage to a ruthless countryman when her brother Dmitri is listed among the casualties of the battle of Waterloo, Russian princess Anastasia Denisova fakes her death and escapes from Paris. 18 months later she is living modestly in London next to a brothel, employed as a companion to a dowager duchess.

Sebastian, Lord Mowbray, is a Earl who owns a gambling parlor in addition to working for the crown trying to find a known spy. Sebastian is the third of his group of close veterans of the Spanish campaign during the Napoleonic Wars. Sebastian lost his Hearing in one ear as a result of battlefield injuries. He is also the nephew of Anya's employer.

How these two come together makes a delightful romance. Pretending to be a former lady-in-waiting to the now-deceased princess and named Anya, the princess ends up needing to hide from her erstwhile Russian suitor for a few days. The dowager Duchess conspires to have her companion stay with Sebastian --- who is not bothered by the improprieties since he believes her to be a simple lady in waiting.

It is delightful to read how the stoic hard fighting Sebastian falls under the spell of this beautiful Russian woman. They fall in love and complications and ensue when it comes out that she is really a princess. There is just the right amount of danger to keep things interesting.

I enjoyed reading about the Russian culture and I didn't feel lost having not read any of Miss Bateman's previous works, even though this is the third in a series. I highly recommend this delightful romance and I'm giving it five stars. (& checking out the first 2.)

Thanks to Net Galley for the opportunity to read and provide my honest review of this story.

This is a fairytale type of story, titillatingly delicious. Anna Brown, a fake name for a Russian princess name Anya is "undercover" trying to hide from a ruthless man. Faking her death and running to London, It is the only way she is able to fend off to a corrupt man after her riches and has the knowledge of him being a traitor to Russia. With all her family dead, she is left alone and has to protect herself at all costs.

Enter Bow Street agent Sebastien Wolff, Earl of Mowbray. who when he meets her is immediately taken with her. Little does he know she is a companion to his aunt the dowager duchess. This story had intrigue, mystery, devotion, and passion. The rest is history.

This is my first book written by Ms. Bateman and it was both entertaining and an enjoyable novel.

My thanks to Netgalley for this ARC in exchange for an honest review.

An easily read romance with twists and turns od of course, as expected, a beautiful heroine and a dashing and handsome hero. A good example of a book in this genre.